John Hickey

Document ID: FAA-2012-0252-0007
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration
Received Date: March 09 2012, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Date Posted: March 12 2012, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: March 9 2012, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: May 8 2012, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 80fd35c8
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This is comment on Proposed Rule

Unmanned Aircraft System Test Sites

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What precautions will be taken with the operations to UAS for other commercial and general aviation flights? I do think that there is a viability for the UAS operations, but it shall not prohibit the operation of us "human" pilots. My concern would be the one instance where a UAS could have an accident with a traditionally powered aircraft. I think that many more could be gained here in the US with a pilot behind the contols and that human reaction instead of relying on computer processors and cameras for a reaction. I can see too many things going wrong with a full implementaion of UAS within the NAS. It will become a slippery slope in which the human element could eventually be taken out.